Reel mounting



Oct. 19,1926. 1,603,394

- B. H. MOPHEE REEL MOUNTING Filed June '7, 1924 Patented Get. 19, 1926 nears BARRY HENDERSON MOPEEEE,

O1 SANTA ANA, CALI'FGRNIA.

REEL ll'IOUNTINGr.

Application filed June '2,

This invention has to do with a reel mounting, and it is an object of this invention to provide a simple effective and practical mounting for reels such are used for wires, cables, electrical conductors, etc.

Heavy wires, cables, electrical conductors, etc., are usually handled on wooden reels adapted to be rotatably mounted through suitable shafts when being loaded and unloaded. These reels, when loaded, are very heavy with the result that shipping and handling very often strains or weakens them so that they become lopsided or unsteady. Further, such reels are usually mounted to rotate on shafts arranged through holes bored in the ends of the reels. With this arrangen'ient the holes in the reels wear so that the reels become loose on the shafts.

It is an object of this invention to provide a reel i'i'iounting which will carry a reel firm- .l y and in proper alignment.

Another object of this invention s to pro vi'de a reel mounting which is effective and durable and which is simple and convenient to use.

It is another object of this invention to provide a reel mounting of the character ust referred to which is simple and inexpensive of construction, and which is applicable to reels of various s zes.

The various objects and features of this invention will be best and more fully understood from the following detailed description of a typical form and application of the invention throughout wh ch description reference is had. to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a typical reel carried by a mounting embodying the present invention; parts of the reel being shown broken away.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1 being a View taken as indicated by line 22 on Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed sectional view of the mounting provided by this in tention.

Fig. 4; is an enlarged detailed sectional view of a part of Fig. 3 and 50 Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken as indicated by line 5-5 of Heels employed to carry heavy wires, cables, electrical conductors, and the like, are usually constructed of wood and comprise a cylindrical drum 10 and ends 12 at opposite ends of the drum. The drum 10 is usually 1321. Serial no. 18,493.

built up of a plurality of comparatively narrow boards or staves the ends of which are rabbetted into the ends 12. The ends 12 are flat disk shaped members suitably built up of a plurality ofboards. It is usual to nail the ends and drum together and toprovide tic-bolts 13 between the ends within the shaft can be passed through the reel to supters of the ends 12 so that a suitable rod or shaft can he passed through the reel to support it. l'l hen sh pping or transporting a reel of this type, it is usually sealed by nailing boa is across the outer parts or peripheries oi: the sides 12. remove the load from the reel, the sealing or cover boards are removed and the reel supported on a shaft arranged through the openings 14-. This method-is often inconvenient and impractical in that the reels after shipment are usually more or less un- .'ear and. are many times very lopsided. Further, the usual manner of mounting reels is unsatisfactory in cases where the reels are handled many times as the openings 14 quickly wear so that the reels become loose on the shafts.

The present invention provides, generally, a shaft 20 adapted to be arranged through a reel bearing plates 21 and 22 carried on the shaft, means for operating the bearing plates, and various other parts the details of which will be hereinafter described.

The shaft 20 is sufficiently long to extend through a reel and have a substantial amount projecting from each end thereof, and is sufliciently heavy to properly support a loaded reel. The bearing plates 21 and 22 are mounted in spaced relation on the shaft 20 and, when the device is in operation, they are arranged to engage the outer sides of the ends 12 of the reel. In accordance with this invention, the plates 21 and 22 are movable relative to each other longitudinally of the shaft. In the form of the invention illustrated in the drawings the plate 21 is fixed or stationary on the shaft while the plate 22 is slidable thereon. The plate 21 may be mounted on the shaft in any suitable manner, for instance, it may be carried on threads 2% provided at the proper point on the shaft.

The operating means for the plates is adapted to move or clamp the plates relative to each other longitudinally of the shaft. In the present case where only the plate 22 is movable, the operating means is lVhen it is desired'to applied to this plate only the operating means include a nut 26 screw threaded on the shaft 20 to engage and operate the plate The nut 26 is arranged at the outer side of the plate 22 so that it can be operated to force the plate 22 along the shaft toward the plate 2i. In order that the nut be operable to move the plate a substantial distance along the shaft the shaft is screw threaded through a substantial distance. In this case, it is desirable to provide an annular flange 27 on the face of the nut to carry the plate 22 so that it does not engage the shaft.

In accordance with the invention the plates 21 and 22 are provided with means to prevent their rotation relative to the ends 12 of the reel. This means may be in the form of pointed projections 29 on the inner or adjacent faces of the plates.

Bearings 30 are preferably provided on the outer ends of the shaft, that is on the portions of the shaft projecting outwardly beyond the plates. The bearings are preferably fitted to the end portions of the shaft, and are adapted to be held in suitable supports, for instance, jacks when the reel is supported for rotation. A collar 35 may be set on the shaft at the outer. end of the threads which carry the nut 23 to protect the threads against injury, as by the hearing or any part that may be used in supporting the shaft.

In using the device provided by this invention the collar 35, nut 26, plate 22 and the hearing atthe end of the shaft which carries the plate 22, are removed from the shaft to allow it to be arranged in or removed from the reel. In applying the device to a reel the shaft is arranged through the openings lt in the reel and then the late 22 and nut 26 are arranged to place. As the nut 26 is tightened on the shaft the plate 22 is forced toward the plate 21 cansing the reel to be clamped between the plates. The nut is tightened sufficiently to cause the projections on the plates to embed themselves into the ends of the reel, and if necessary suiliciently to draw the ends of the reel into 13 *oper alignment. lVith the mounting thus applied to the reel, the collar 35 may be arranged in place, and the shaft supported in a suitable manner, for instance by jacks 33 applied to bearings 30 On the ends of the shaft. It is to be noted that the shaft does not operate relative to the reel in a manner to wear it.

It has been found that the device of the present invention is particularly effective in straightening and holding reels that have been damaged or weakened, that the device is simple and convenient to use, and that it operates to support a reel in a particularly effective manner.

Having described only a typical preferred form of my invention, I do not wish to limit myself to the specific details hereinabove set forth but wish to reserve to myself any changes or variations that may appear to those lled in the art or fall within the scope of the following claim.

Having described a preferred form of my invention, I claim:

A. mounting for a reel which coni prises a drum and ends on the drum incniding a shaft to be arranged through the drum, two plates on the shaft adapted to engage the ends of the reel, projections 0n the reel engaging faces of the plates, one of the plates being fixed on the shaft the other being movable on the shaft, a nut screw threaded on the shaft to engage the outer side of the movable plate, a part on the face of the nut to carry the movable plate, and bearings on the ends of the shaft adapted to be held in jacks or the like.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 5th day of day, 192%.

BARRY HENDERSGN MOPHEE. 

